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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1983
Page
2
Valedictorians highlights and Rockfest plans headline a parade week section with upcoming features across campus. Details remain in A3 to A6 pages, focusing on graduates, local events, and human interest stories shaping the community.
Syria warns of US casualties if war with Israel reaches Lebanese soil, linking the stance to Reagan’s policy as Damascus broadcasts a sharp warning to Marines. In El Salvador, guerrillas attack the eastern plains, demanding no more American blood, while Poland’s Communist Party meets to assess the weakened enemy and plan postvisit changes.
Thousands of Soviets pay tribute as Arvid Yanovich Pelshe, oldest Politburo member and Bolshevik veteran, lies in an open coffin at the House of Unions. Yuri Andropov leads colleagues, Chernenko among mourners after public Karl Marx events.
Miami law professor Alfred Crotti and partner Daniel Barry form Sea- Clean Inc to manufacture feather filled mesh pillows that absorb oil while letting water pass. They claim the feathers soak up to 28 times their weight, work in rough seas, and do not sink, with endorsement from Canada’s Environmental Protection Service.
Thirteen year old Jackie Holton grabs a burglar's knife and orders him out of their Tucson home after he tied up her mother and demanded money. The suspect entered through a window, bound the mother with tape, then fled, remaining at large.
Mudslides and floods blamed for at least two deaths and six injuries as 1,300 people are evacuated in Utah and Nevada. A 40 acre dirt and snow slide near Carson City dammed a mountain lake and sent muck three miles down the Washoe Valley, damaging homes and vehicles and leaving three missing. In Utah, mudslides threaten Fairview and Farmington, evacuating 1,100 residents and claiming a 2 year old boy in a swollen creek. Severe storms in Texas add fatalities from two crashes.
A widespread storm drenched Texas, the central Plains, the Ohio and Mississippi valleys with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Pacific Northwest also saw more rain as damp conditions linger. In Nevada and Utah, mudslides and flooding displaced about 1,300 people after a 40 acre slide near Carson City. One death and multiple injuries reported as debris and floodwaters damaged homes and vehicles.
A weather data broadcast runs four hours daily on the National Oceanic and Alm ondegreqwency 142.550 MHz, Agminivira. The note lists a frequency and hourly schedule but lacks clear location, date, or program specifics.
The Supreme Court left intact the Abscam convictions of four former Congress members Led erer Myers Murphy and Thompson, rejecting appeals to overturn their sentences. Also denied appeals for Angelo Errichetti and Louis Johanson Howard Criden, who may face prison terms. The court agreed to hear Reagan air pollution standard appeal and declined a bias case regarding an all white jury. Federal officials may reclaim misspent education grants totaling over 60 million dollars.
Extra police and reserve officers patrolled Columbia overnight after a rash of arson fires, at least three set with paint thinner. Five suspicious blazes in four days, and seven in five weeks, alarm officials and merchants consider hiring guards.
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